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Guerilla Days in Ireland is the extraordinary story of the fight between two unequal forces, which ended in the withdrawal of the British from twenty-six counties. Seven weeks before the truce to the Anglo-Irish War of July, 1921, the British presence in County Cork consisted of 8,800 front line infantry troops, 1,150 Black & Tan soldiers, 540 Auxiliaries, 2,080 machine gun corps, artillery and other units; a total of over 12,500 men. Against these British forces stood the Irish Republican Army whose Flying Columns never exceeded 310 riflemen in the whole of County Cork. These flying columns were small groups of dedicated volunteers, severely commanded and disciplined. Constantly on the move, their paramount objective was merely to exist; to strike when conditions were favorable, to avoid disaster at all costs. In Guerilla Days in Ireland Tom Barry describes the setting up of the West Cork Flying Column, its training, and its plan of campaign.
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Tom Barry was born in 1898. In June 1915 he joined the British Army, not to secure home rule for Ireland or to fight for Irish freedom of for freedom of small nations - just to see what war was like. In the summer of 1920 he became Training officer to the Third (West) Cork Brigade. Tom Barry fought on the republican side of the Civil War, was imprisoned and escaped. In the late 1930s he was Chief of Staff of the IRA He died on 02 July 1980.
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Probably the best known leader of the IRA flying Columns during the Irish war of independence was Commandant General Tom Barry of the 3rd (West) Cork Brigade Flying Column. Two of the most famous actions led by Barry, Kilmichael on 28 November 1920 and Crossbarry, 19 March 1921 proved the might of the flying column. At Crossbarry, Barry and about 100 men, overcame a British transport ten times as large, inflicting heavy casualties during a day-long engagement. The Kilmichael ambush, in which 16 Auxiliary British soldiers died, escalated Crown retaliation which peaked with the burning of Cork City (11 December 1920). An excellent recounting of these and other events from 1916 to 1921
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This book is remarkable. Having read military books for years I never realised one of the best publications was set around my own county. I read this cover-to-cover in about 3 days and many friends/family have similar praise for it.
Barry's writing style is fast paced, modest to a fault and technically superb - Highly recommended as a military book, essential reading for those of us with an interest in the historic Republican fight.
Barry's writing style is fast paced, modest to a fault and technically superb - Highly recommended as a military book, essential reading for those of us with an interest in the historic Republican fight.
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Heck of a tale and very well told, this book is definitely worth a read. As to the accuracy, I'm no scholar of Irish history so I don't know. I take it for what it is, the story that one of the main protaganists of this war wanted us to hear. Just like Churchill's diaries are his version of WW2. Top notch, get yourself a copy.
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History - But Not As We Know It
Irish history is characterised by successive waves of invasion, resettlement and colonisation, the latter led by the Normans in the twelfth century. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Neutral
You may not like this if you're from Skibbereen!
But I shan't spoil it for you!
Tom Barry was a young man living in most dangerous times. He tells his story in the manner in which he fought, without malice and... Read more
Tom Barry was a young man living in most dangerous times. He tells his story in the manner in which he fought, without malice and... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Pontifex Maximus
A remarkable man, a remarkable book.
"Keep firing on them. Keep firing, No. 2 Section. Everybody keep firing until the Cease Fire!"
This sharp, short order resounded out over the lonely rugged fields of... Read more
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Published 13 months ago by London Irishman
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This book is a cracking read, and at the time of writing I'm only half way thru the book.
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